tidiness

/'taidinis/

Thân thiện

She practices tidiness by organizing her bookshelf.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The trait of being neat and orderly: The quality or state of having everything arranged in a clean, organized, and proper manner.
   • The habit of being tidy: A consistent practice or tendency to keep things clean and in order.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Her desk was a model of tidiness, with every pen and paper in its place.
  • The tidiness of the hotel room impressed all the guests.
  • He lacks tidiness, often leaving his clothes scattered on the floor.

Advanced Usage

• "Moral tidiness": (Figurative) Used to describe a desire for clear, unambiguous, and orderly moral or ethical categories.
  • The novel rejects the moral tidiness of a simple happy ending.
• "Compulsive tidiness": Refers to an excessive or uncontrollable need for order and neatness.
  • His compulsive tidiness made it difficult for his more relaxed roommate to feel at home.

Variants and Related Words

• Tidy (adj): Neat and orderly in appearance or procedure.
  • She keeps a very tidy garden.
• Tidy (verb): To make something neat and orderly.
  • He tidied the room before the visitors arrived.
• Untidiness (n): The opposite state; the quality of being messy or disorganized.

Synonyms

• Neatness: The quality of being tidy and in good order.
• Orderliness: The quality of being well-arranged or systematic.
• Spruceness: Smartness and neatness in appearance.

Antonyms

• Untidiness: The state of being messy or disorganized.
• Messiness: The quality of being dirty or untidy.
• Disorder: A state of confusion and lack of organization.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• "A place for everything and everything in its place": A proverb that encapsulates the principle of tidiness.
  • Her philosophy for running the kitchen was "a place for everything and everything in its place."

Học thuật

Noun

1. the trait of being neat and orderly
2. the habit of being tidy

Từ đồng nghĩa

• neatness